Left Front restricts partners from making public statements
Kolkata | Tuesday, Nov 17 2009 IST
 

0n the heels of a Minister raising demand for advancing the 2011 Assembly elections, the ruling Left Front in West Bengal today decided to restrict public statements by any of the partners.

''It has been noticed that some leaders are making statements publicly which encroach upon the policy decisions of the Left Front.

It has been decided that they will not make such public comments,'' Front Chairman Biman Basu told reporters after a meeting of the Left Front Committee.

Mr Basu said any view regarding policy decisions of the ruling coalition would now have to be aired only at Front meetings.

The decision came in the wake of a public statement by Fisheries Minister and West Bengal Socialist Party leader Kiranmoy Nanda, who demanded that the Assembly elections be advanced ahead of 2011 accepting the people's verdict against the Left Front in successive elections in the state.

The other Front allies, which, however, had rejected such a possibility, felt such statements would strengthen the similar demand raised by the Trinamool Congress, the main Opposition in the state.

Mr Basu said all the allies, present at today's meeting had been asked to maintain the Front's unity--a duty to be performed not only by the CPI(M) but also by others. '' Of course, CPI(M) being the biggest ally in the front has the maximum responsibility, which it fulfills always. But at the same it is a joint responsibility also, '' he added.

Mr Basu, who defended the CPI(M) state secretariat's decision to hold elections on schedule, said neither was there any discussion on the issue today nor was there any review of the reasons behind the Assembly by-election debacle. He said the Front constituents were, however, free to express opinions and take decisions on various issues at their respective party meetings. To a question, Mr Basu claimed that the Left Front had 'definite information' about involvement of foreign hands behind the Trinamool- Maoist 'joint violence conspiracy' in the state. ''All this is a part of a bigger game plan and attempts are being made to bring back the black days of early seventies,'' he said.

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